{"id":98816,"date":"2019-02-25T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=98816"},"modified":"2019-02-25T05:52:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T04:52:00","slug":"also-in-kwara-apc-flushed-out-another-pdp-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/also-in-kwara-apc-flushed-out-another-pdp-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"Also in Kwara, APC &#8220;flushed out&#8221; another PDP senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rafiu Ibrahim, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator arrested on the eve of the election, has lost his bid to retain Kwara south seat in the senate.<\/p>\n<p>Lola Ashiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) garnered 89 704 votes to defeat Ibrahim who polled 45,176 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Sylvia Malom, the returning officer for the election, while declaring the result at the Irepodun local government secretariat in Omu-Aran, said the total number of registered voters were 432,499, total valid votes as 136,889, total number of rejected votes as 3,119 and total number of votes cast as 140,006.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim is currently the chairman of the senate committee on banking. 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